WVC 17 A- 9 - 7
§17A-9-7. Surrender of evidence of registration, etc., upon
cancellation, suspension or revocation; willful
failure or refusal to surrender; fee for
reinstatement.
(a) Whenever the registration of a vehicle, a certificate of
title, a registration card, registration plate or plates, a
temporary registration plate or marker, the right to issue
temporary registration plates or markers, any nonresident or other
permit or any license certificate or dealer special plates issued
under the provisions of article six of this chapter is canceled,
suspended or revoked as authorized in this chapter, the owner,
holder or other person in possession of the evidences of the
registration, title, permit or license or any special dealer plates
shall, except as otherwise provided in article six of this chapter,
immediately return the evidences of the registration, title, permit
or license that was canceled, suspended or revoked, together with
any dealer special plates relating to any license certificate, or
any dealer special plate or plates if only the dealer special plate
is suspended, to the division: Provided, That the owner or holder
shall, before reinstatement, pay a fee of ten dollars in addition
to all other fees, which shall be collected by the division and
credited to a special revolving fund in the State Treasury to be
appropriated to the division for use in enforcement of the
provisions of this code: Provided, however, That on and after the
first day of July, two thousand seven, any balance in the special revolving fund and all fees collected pursuant to this section
shall be deposited in the Motor Vehicle Fees Fund created in
section twenty-one, article two of this chapter.

(b) If any person willfully fails or refuses to return to the
division the evidences of the registration, title, permit or
license that have been canceled, suspended or revoked, or any
dealer special plates, when obligated so to do as provided in this
section, the commissioner shall immediately notify the
Superintendent of the State Police who shall, as soon as possible,
secure possession of the evidence of registration, title, permit or
license or any special dealer plates and return it to the division.
The Superintendent of the State Police shall make a report in
writing to the commissioner, within two weeks after being notified
by the commissioner, as to the result of his or her efforts to
secure the possession and return of the evidences of registration,
title, permit or license, or any dealer special plates.

(c) If any commercial motor carrier willfully fails or refuses
to return to the division the evidences of the registration that
have been suspended or revoked as provided in this section, the
commissioner shall immediately notify the Public Service Commission
which shall, as soon as possible, secure possession of the evidence
of registration and return it to the division. The Public Service
Commission shall make a report in writing to the commissioner,
within two weeks after being notified by the commissioner, as to
the result of its efforts to secure the possession and return of the evidences of registration.

(d) For each registration, certificate of title, registration
card, registration plate or plates, temporary registration plate or
marker, permit, license certificate or dealer special plate, which
the owner, holder or other person in possession of the
registration, title, permit or license or any special dealer plates
shall have willfully failed or refused, as provided in this
section, to return to the division within ten days from the time
that the cancellation, suspension or revocation becomes effective,
and which has been certified to the Superintendent of the State
Police as specified in this section, the owner or holder shall,
before the registration, title, permit or license or any special
dealer plates may be reinstated, if reinstatement is permitted, in
addition to all other fees and charges, pay a fee of fifteen
dollars, which shall be collected by the Division of Motor
Vehicles, paid into the State Treasury and credited to the General
Fund to be appropriated to the State Police for application in the
enforcement of the road laws.

A total of twenty-five dollars may be collected on each
reinstatement for each vehicle to which any cancellation,
suspension or revocation relates.

(e) When any motor vehicle registration is suspended for
failure to maintain motor vehicle liability insurance the
reinstatement fee is one hundred dollars, and if the vehicle owner
fails to surrender the vehicle registration and the orders go to the State Police, an additional fee of fifty dollars shall be
required before the motor vehicle registration may be reinstated.
A total of one hundred fifty dollars may be collected on each
reinstatement of any motor vehicle registration canceled, suspended
or revoked for failure to maintain motor vehicle liability
insurance.

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